DiscussWorldIssues - Socio-Economic Religion and Political Uncensored Debate - View Single Post - Bottom 50% of income earners pays nearly ZERO income taxes.

**Lenkapuppia** · 08-25-2012, 05:33 AM

they DO pay taxes...State City Local Medicare and Fed all comes out of their measly paychecks so
if they were paid a LIVING WAGE.... maybe they would owe more at the end of the fiscal year
but they DO ALL pay payroll taxes!!!

The bottom 50% pay only a small % of State and local income tax and Medicare/FICA is not a tax it's contribution remember dumbass! What is a living wage? Most people do make one. The lower income levels pay ZERO tax in fact they get credits for existing such as the Child tax credit and the EITC.

This guy is probably one of those fools that advocates for a higher minimum wage. Who makes the minimum wage?

08-25-2012, 05:33 AM	#11
Lenkapuppia Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 516 Senior Member	they DO pay taxes...State City Local Medicare and Fed all comes out of their measly paychecks so if they were paid a LIVING WAGE.... maybe they would owe more at the end of the fiscal year but they DO ALL pay payroll taxes!!! The bottom 50% pay only a small % of State and local income tax and Medicare/FICA is not a tax it's contribution remember dumbass! What is a living wage? Most people do make one. The lower income levels pay ZERO tax in fact they get credits for existing such as the Child tax credit and the EITC. This guy is probably one of those fools that advocates for a higher minimum wage. Who makes the minimum wage?
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